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[MRT priv/acc @wat4rog]

@anirudharun @MattooShashank No, UAE foreign residence is and always will be temporary.
Other countries provide easy pathways to pregnant residence and citizenship.

[MRT priv/acc @wat4rog]

@Tw1ttrr @CR1337 Yeh the UI for multiple lane freeways turnoffs and speed camera coverage that Waze offers is vital.

This Vela does appear to have speed camera support

[MRT priv/acc @wat4rog]

@juanpmtr @CR1337 Worst case, just use Android auto on a separate profile on GrapheneOS.

That way it's segregated from everything else.

[MRT priv/acc @wat4rog]

Wow this app is awesome.

Everything that is great about Google maps
with nothing that is awful about Google maps.

[CR1337 @CR1337]

One of the hardest things to replace when 'degoogling' is certainly Google Maps.

That said, time to check out the Beta of Vela Maps, a degoogled maps & navigation client for Android that looks very promising!

GitHub: https://t.co/tqUIeok1BB

[MRT priv/acc @wat4rog]

@A_S_Williams @Polymarket If governments want people to stay and pay taxes they need to ensure they are providing a stable society with a reasonable degree of prosperity.

The UK gov is not fulfilling its social contract. Naturally people who can, leave for greener pastures.

[MRT priv/acc @wat4rog]

@Rothmus How is no one worried about what happens when the vast majority of humans become obsolete?

Governments will be incentived to reduce population.

[Forensic Architecture @ForensicArchi]

NEW ANALYSIS —
In Gaza, Israel’s ongoing destruction during the so-called ceasefire is desecrating the bodies of Palestinians which remain beneath the rubble.

Our analysis of videos and satellite imagery finds military practices of demolition, compaction and removal of rubble. These risk making the recovery of Palestinian remains impossible in the 65% of Gaza under Israel’s control.

[MRT priv/acc @wat4rog]

@CryptoMichNL Welcome to Dubai everyone

[The Palestinian @InsiderWorld_1]

Benedict Cumberbatch Expresses Support for Palestine with an Emotional Message…
“IT WILL ALWAYS BE KNOWN AS PALESTINE”

[The National @ScotNational]

Tomorrow's front page 📰

New satellite pictures lay bare Israel's destruction of Gaza

[Linda Mamoun @mamoun_linda]

Google Maps shows photos and reviews for thousands of places in Gaza that don’t exist anymore. You can scroll through an entire world that Israel destroyed.

[Barry Andrews MEP @BarryAndrewsMEP]

The updated @Google satellite images of #Gaza are quite incredible, for all to see...

[Aleksey The Great 🇷🇺🎖 @aleksthgrt]

🚨BREAKING NEWS

Germany has issued orders to 18-year-old men to undergo a mandatory medical examination for military service.

Protests have erupted in the country following this decision.

More than 45,000 students are taking to the streets in over 100 locations.

[The Saviour @TheSaviour]

Israel is the only country with two delegations at the UN

[Solid Intel 📡 @solidintel_x]

INTEL: KYC should collect less personal data and use zero-knowledge proofs to verify compliance without revealing names, income or addresses, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce says

[Master Yoga @DasBob_rasiert]

Here’s some educational material.

[MRT priv/acc @wat4rog]

@schmidt1024 @androidcentral @GrapheneOS No I think the compatible model comes next year.

Either way this is a good sign that Motorola is in good shape to launch a quality product we can use GrapheneOS with.

[Reclaim The Net @ReclaimTheNetHQ]

This is a pretty big deal: a new bill in Congress would let US courts order VPNs and DNS resolvers to block websites.

VPNs are explicitly named in a US site-blocking bill for the first time.

It’s being sold as an anti-piracy measure but once the legal machinery for blocking websites exists, the obvious question is where it goes from there.

And we’ve already seen how badly this can go. Spain’s anti-piracy blocking has swept up legitimate sites along with the targets...

[MRT priv/acc @wat4rog]

America is an imperialist cartel

[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

Ok, we now have the actual text of the Greenland deal (https://t.co/VxZ1Q47jsh), so we can say how it compares to the existing 1951 arrangement and who, between Trump and Denmark, lied the most in their framing of it.

Long story short - which may surprise some - the Danes lied the most: Trump is pretty much correct in saying that this new deal grants the US control of Greenland.

Let's look into what changed compared to the 1951 deal.

1) This is now a permanent arrangement: whereas the existing 1951 deal only lasted as long as NATO existed, this one "does not have an end date and may only be amended by mutual consent."

It even survives a hypothetical future independence of Greenland: in that event, Denmark and Greenland must ensure that the independent Greenlandic state "affirmatively assume[s] all of the rights and obligations of the Kingdom of Denmark specified in this Agreement."

2) In the 1951 agreement, the US could set up bases only where both governments agreed, and only on the basis of NATO planning. The new deal locks in three bases: the US can "modernize and expand its activities" at Pituffik, its only base in Greenland until now, and "shall be allowed to establish an additional Defense Area at Narsarsuaq and Mestersvig." Further bases beyond these 3 can be justified by the defense of "the American continent," a US interest rather than a NATO one.

Also, quite subtle but this is interesting: Article IV(iii) says that "the United States may establish additional defense areas in Greenland" and that consultations are then held "to decide implementation details based on mutual agreement." What this means is that the principle of a new base is automatically granted and only the implementation details require agreement.

Article VII also gives the US "the right to raise concerns regarding construction, or change of use" of any building near a US base, after which the parties decide together what to do. Which means that the US has a say over civilian planning around its bases.

3) On US military movement across Greenland, the wording change between the 1951 agreement and this new one is quite funny.

The 1951 text said (Art. V(3)): the US "may enjoy... the right of free access to and movement between the defense areas through Greenland, including territorial waters, by land, air and sea," but only "in accordance with general rules mutually agreed upon and issued by the appropriate Danish authority in Greenland."

The new one says: "the United States of America shall enjoy... the right of free access to and movement between the Defense Areas through Greenland, including the Territorial Waters, by land, air and sea."

That's it: "May" becomes "shall," and the US military movement no longer has to follow rules "issued by the appropriate Danish authority in Greenland." The US also gets something new on top: "undersea access to and movement within the Territorial Waters," i.e. submarines.

4) Non-NATO exclusion: non-NATO states are barred from military installations or a persistent presence in Greenland unless all three parties approve, giving the US an effective permanent veto. The 1951 deal had no equivalent clause.

5) Investment screening: this is entirely new. "States or investors from a state that is not a member of NATO, a NATO partner, or an EU member state" (i.e. Russia, China, India, the Gulf States, etc.), "shall not be allowed to have (i) control, (ii) significant influence, or (iii) access to non-public information...within Particularly Sensitive Sectors or Activities in the territory of Greenland (including the Territorial Waters), unless agreed between the Parties."

Again, it basically means that the US has a permanent veto over who can invest in strategic sectors in Greenland, as far as non-NATO or EU states are concerned.

6) Lastly, in stark contrast with the 1951 deal, the framing of the deal changes significantly: this new deal is largely framed around the US.

The 1951 agreement existed only "for the benefit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization." The new one lists the defense of "the American continent" as an objective, celebrates "the irreplaceable role" of the United States military as well as "the United States' indispensable historical and ongoing contributions to the security and defense of Greenland," and names the establishment of Trump's "Golden Dome" missile defense system as a key goal.

So, to sum up:
- The US secured a permanent military foothold that even an independent Greenland would inherit whether it likes it or not
- The US now has veto power over any non-NATO military presence in Greenland, and over who can invest in its strategic infrastructure and resources (beyond NATO and the EU)
- Denmark signed away its say over the principle of new US bases, with only the right to discuss the "implementation details"
- Danish authorities no longer set the rules for US military movement across the island
- And all of it is now justified by the defense of "the American continent"

I don't know in which universe this even remotely "recognizes the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Kingdom and the Greenlandic people's right to self-determination," as Danish PM Mette Frederiksen put it (https://t.co/dHOavrPB3r).

Yes, the preamble of the text cynically "reaffirms" Danish sovereignty but, in my book, when you let a foreign country put bases on your soil, move its troops without following your rules and veto who else can come in, in perpetuity, after it spent two years threatening to take you by force, the word for that is anything but "recognized sovereignty" 🤷

[Hedgie @HedgieMarkets]

🦔Google is now prompting users on its homepage to set up a selfie video to sign into their account. You record a short video of your face from different angles. Google says it's an optional backup sign-in method. The setup page says the video may also determine if you're "old enough to use certain Google services."
An optional toggle lets Google use your video to "improve facial recognition, age estimation, and other verification methods that use your physical features or movement, across Google services."

My Take
Passwords work. Two-factor authentication works. Google already knows your phone number, your location, your search history, and your email. Now they want a 3D map of your face. They've positioned it as a convenience feature so you can get back into your account if you're locked out. But the fine print says they can use it for age verification and, if you opt in, to train facial recognition across all of Google's services.

You can change a password. You can get a new phone number. You can't change your face. Once Google has a 3D video scan of it, that data exists forever in their systems. Google used CAPTCHAs to train image recognition for years before most people realized it. The selfie video is the same idea with much more personal data attached. I don't think it stays optional for long. Every one of these starts as optional until enough people set it up, and then it becomes required for "security purposes."
If you see this prompt, click "don't set up" and move on.

Hedgie🤗